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Jimiko, 'Jim', Johnson was now 20; he and his closest friend, Judi Irving, had just received their diplomas from ERAU, Embry Riddell Aeronautical University. They were BS graduates, she from the School of Arts and Sciences with a major in Human Factors and he with a major from the College of Engineering in Mechanical and Engineering Science. It was a major accomplishment for both of them!
They smiled at each other as they walked from breakfast in the cafeteria to Team Tango's shop to begin their new jobs as pilots for the team.
The Johnson family was descended from Americo-Liberians that had moved from the American Southback to Liberia just after the American Civil War. The family business was what some would call 'general retail'; they operated a warehouse/general store just off the Mani/St. John River in Nimba County, Ganta, in up-country Liberia.
Judy's family was more diverse; her Mother ran what some would call an oversize CPA business for several businesses in Saniquellie, some 25 miles east of Ganta. Her Father worked as manager in the biggest store in Saniquellie, which sold hardware but specialized in home appliances. The two families had a lot of common interests in retail management.
The two of them had managed to get some money for college from their parents, some money from the Methodist Church in Liberia; Jim had worked out a more complicated work-study program that let him take a little longer to graduate, but he was able to earn enough to keep his ERAU loan fairly small with what he earned as a mechanic and now as a pilot. Judy had worked as an accountant part time, which let her reduce her loan debt significantly. They both still owed money, but it was much less than it might have been.
They had pushed romance out ahead of them, at least for now: they were almost too busy for much personal time. Now that they were graduates of ERAU, they might have more time for each other!
